Abstract
In small animal models, two-dimensional (2D) and Doppler echocardiography should provide more information than M-mode, especially in animals with infarcted and distorted left ventricles, but has been limited by low frame rates and poor near field resolution. New, high frame rate echo-Doppler equipment with digital processing was tested for accuracy of measurements. Fourteen normal Wistar rats (232-328 g) were examined under halothane anaesthesia. Pulsed Doppler recordings from both left ventricular outflow tract(LVOT) and right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) cor-responded well with simultaneous ultrasound transit time measurements of aortic flow (LVOT: v=0.99x+4.8, min R=0.93. Standard error of estimate (SEE)=8.3 ml x min(-1), and RVOT: v=0.97x -4.3. R=0.93. SEE =8.4 ml x min(-1). No systematic differences were observed over a flow range of 20-90 ml x min(-1). Left ventricular (LV) dimensions assessed by 2D parasternal long-axis and short-axis views were equal to M-mode measurements with LV diameter 6.6 + 0.44 mm, anterior wall 1.8 +/- 0.18 mm, and posterior wall 1.5 + 0.56 mm. Mean absolute difference 4.4-8.5%. Intra- and interobserver variability was 4.6 +/- 4.1% and 6.7 +/- 7.0% for Doppler measurements, and 4.3 +/- 3.8% a...Continue Reading
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